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    <u>Your task:</u>
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    In this study, <b>you have to estimate the stock price of a fictional company. </b>   
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        The stock price is determined by the number of good and bad pieces of news about the company.
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        In total, there are 100 pieces of news about each company. The stock price is determined by the following formula:
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                Stock price (in $)= 100 + <!-- 10 &#x2715;--> number of positive news – <!--10 &#x2715; -->number of negative news
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        In each round, you will be shown <b>the number of positive and negative news. </b> Specifically, you will see <b>100 images</b>, some of which represent <b>positive news and and some of which represent negative news.</b>
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        Based on your estimate of how many positive images and how many negative images there are, you will then estimate the stock price.
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        This study has two sections. You will complete 6 rounds of the task in the first section, where each round is about a different company. <b>These firms are completely independent from one another. </b>
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        Across these rounds, <b>the number of pieces of positive and negative news received will vary. </b> 
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        In the second section of the task, there will be another 6 rounds.
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        If one of the rounds of this task is selected to determine your bonus, only your decision in this one round will determine your bonus. 
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        <u>Your bonus payment:</u>
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    Your decisions  may affect your bonus payment. 
    If a round in the first or second section is selected for payment, you will recieve $<span class="incent_treat_1"></span> 
    if your answer is within +/- $1 of the correct stock price, and nothing otherwise.  
    

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    <u>Example:</u>
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    <img class="example_image" style="margin: 5px; border: 2px solid lightgray; width: 75%;" alt="Example image of the decision screen (input later)" 
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                In this example, positive news is represented by &nbsp;
                <img src="https://github.com/sebre97/Attenuation/blob/main/Instructions/figures/REC_new/GiraffeGrove_happy.jpg?raw=true" data-image-state="ready" style="width: 35px; height: 35px;">&nbsp;
                 and negative news by 
                 &nbsp; <img src="https://github.com/sebre97/Attenuation/blob/main/Instructions/figures/REC_new/GiraffeGrove_sad.jpg?raw=true" data-image-state="ready" style="width: 35px; height: 35px;"> 
                 .
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            You then need to estimate the stock price.
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   <u>Your certainty:</u>
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   In each round, we will ask you two questions:
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        You will make your estimate of the stock price. 
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        We will ask you <b>how certain</b> you are about your estimate. Specifically, we are interested in how likely you think it is (in percentage terms) that your estimate is actually correct.
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